Faculty Director – Health & Life Sciences, Sport and Public Services

We are seeking an inspirational, experienced and forward-thinking Faculty Director – Health & Life Sciences, Sport and Public Services to join our team on a fixed-term basis to cover a period of maternity leave. This is a full-time role (37hrs per week / all year round) based at our Aylesbury/Wycombe Campuses.

You will bring strong leadership and management experience, with extensive knowledge of academic quality within Further Education, substantial teaching experience and proven experience of dealing with curriculum processes in order to drive improvement. You will be innovative and be comfortable with experimentation of new ideas and approaches including use of digital tools to enhance student engagement.

The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational leadership across the faculty which includes 16-18 and adult provision in Health & Social Care, Applied Science, Education & Early Years, Sports, Public Services, Hair & Beauty, Counselling and Access to HE, ensuring high standards of teaching, learning and assessment, exceptional compliance, and a culture of continuous improvement.

We believe that education should inspire and develop our future generations and as Faculty Director – Health & Life Sciences, Sport and Public Services you will:

• Lead across Health & Social Care, Counselling, Access, Sport and Public Services curriculum areas.
• Deliver outstanding student success through strong leadership and management of Curriculum Managers and business support staff.
• Lead on the planning and implementation of T-Levels pathways across the provision.
• Manage and support the curriculum team to consistently deliver high quality outcomes and innovative teaching and learning, achievement and progression for all students.
• To embed an aspirational culture with students and staff across the curriculum area

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

While working at Buckinghamshire College Group
you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays & additional leave purchase scheme
• Access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon)
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role.

The closing date for applications is1
st
March 2026
. Interviews are scheduled to take place on6
th
March 2026
;however, please note that these dates may be subject to change.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.